History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1

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Side xvii to contest points on which he had little chance of victory — to deny facts
established on unshaken evidence -and thence, to retire, if not with the shame of
defeat, yet with but doubtful and imperfect success. Paley, with his intuitive
sagacity, saw ...

Side xxxix CIVIL WARS AND VICTORY OF 8EVB- RUS OVBR HIS THREE RIVALS. —
RELAXATION OF DISCIPLINE. — NEW MAXIMS OF GOVERNMENT. Proportion
of the Military Force to the Number of the People, 124 The Praetorian Guards,
124 ...

Side xliii Artaxerxes claims the Provinces of Asia, and declares War against the Romans,
243 233 Pretended Victory of Alexander Severus, 244 More probable Account of
the War 245 140 Character and Maxims of Artaxerxes, 246 * »• rioa. Military ...

Side xlv Services, Revolt, Victory, and Reign of the Emperor Docius,.. 280 250. He
marches against the Goths 281 Origin of the Ooths from Scandinavia 281
Religion of the Ooths, 283 Institutions and Death of Odin, 283 Agreeable, but
uncertain, ...

Side xlvii The Goths invade the Empire, 33$ Distress and Firmness of Claudius 336 His Victory over the Goths, 336 270. Death of the Emperor, who recommends
Aurelian for his Successor 338 The Attempt and Fall of Quintilius, 338 Origin and
Services ...

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Volume I It is a testament to the breadth of Gibbon's passion that his Decline and Fall, widely regarded as a literary monument, on reading appears merely to expatiate on some salient thoughts. The ...Les hele vurderingen

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Side vi - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.

Side 37 - Viewing, with a smile of pity and indulgence, the various errors of the vulgar, they diligently practised the ceremonies of their fathers, devoutly frequented the temples of the gods, and sometimes condescending to act a part on the theatre of superstition, they concealed the sentiments of an atheist under the sacerdotal robes.

Side 205 - Twenty-two acknowledged concubines, and a library of sixty-two thousand volumes, attested the variety of his inclinations, and from the productions which he left behind him, it appears that the former as well as the latter were designed for use rather than ostentation.

Side 504 - After a revolution of thirteen or fourteen centuries, that religion is still professed by the nations of Europe, the most distinguished portion of human kind in arts and learning as well as in arms. By the industry and zeal of the Europeans it has been widely diffused to the most distant shores of Asia and Africa; and by the means of their colonies has been firmly established from Canada to Chili, in a world unknown to the ancients.

Side 524 - The religion of the nations was not merely a speculative doctrine professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time, renouncing the commerce of mankind, and all the offices and amusements of...

Side 532 - When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed to mankind on condition of adopting the faith and of observing the precepts of the gospel, it is no wonder that so advantageous an offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every rank and of every province in the Roman empire.

Side 35 - The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams possessed, in peace, their local and respective influence; nor could the Roman who deprecated the wrath of the Tiber, deride the Egyptian who presented his offering to the beneficent genius of the Nile.

Side 352 - Instead of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, the steady administration of Zenobia was guided by the most judicious maxims of policy. If it was expedient to pardon, she could calm her resentment; if it was necessary to punish, she could impose silence on the voice of pity. Her strict economy was accused of avarice; yet on every proper occasion she appeared magnificent and liberal. The neighboring States of Arabia, Armenia, and Persia dreaded her enmity and solicited her...